Grain-binder.



No. 851,825. PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

M. MOLITOR.

GRAIN BINDER I APPLIUATION FILED 00122. 1906.

50 through UNITE STATES arnn'r enrich.

GRAIN-BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed October 22,1906. Serial No. 339,924.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MICHAEL MoLrroR, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Calvary, in the county of Fond du Lac and State ofWVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Binders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide means for handling moist graindelivered to the binding-mechanism of a harvester, whereby the saidgrain is prevented from lodging upon the binder-table, and is formedinto :5 smaller bundles than would ordinarily be required, in order thatsaid grain may more readily be dried, said invention consisting incertain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts ashereinafter fully set forth with reference to the accompanying drawingsand subsequently claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 represents a fragmental view of the binder-endof a harvester, with parts broken away and parts in section to moreclearly illustrate my invention, the

features of which are embodied in said view, and Fig. 2, is a plan viewof a portion of the same, being partly in section, as indicated by line2-2 in Fig. 1.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A, A, indicate elevator-aprons, theupper rollers B, B, of the elevator-aprons only being shown, whichrollers mounted in the elevator-frame C, as usual. The binder-mech- 5anism D and table E are supported at the delivery side of theelevator-frame, provision being made for lateral adjustment of saidbinder-mechanism and table, for binding long and short grain in theusual manner.

Mounted under the platform table, in bear ings a, is a squared shaft 1),which shaft carries a series of star-wheels 0 being spaced apart bythimbles d, the outer two of which rest in the bearings a, and serves asthe me- 4 5 dium upon which said shaft revolves. One

end of this shaft extends beyond the table and carries a drive-sprockete, which is in chain-belt-connection with a similar sprocket f securedto the lower apron roller shaft, which motion is imparted to the severalstar-wheels, the latter being rotated through slots g in thebinder-table, and serve to catch the lodged grain as it falls from theelevator and imparts a motion thereto to deliver the same to the binder.The drivesprocket e is held against lateral movement, when thebinder-table is shifted, by means of a yoke h, that is bolted to theframe of the machine, the arms of said yoke being formed with openingsthrough which the shaft 1) passes as it moves back and forth with thetable.

Grain being delivered to the binder in sufiicient quantities for anormal sized bundle, cause the trip-arm i thereof to be pushed back atthe proper time, this action rocks a locking-lever j, that is fast tothe trip-arm shaft 7c, and thereby releases the clutch Z,

which start the driving-gears of the bindermechanism in motion to tieand complete a bundle.

The above described action is common to binders now in use and being tutomatic, will always trip to form a bundle of the same size, and inpractice it frequently happens, when a damp piece of grain is being cut,it is, as stated, desirable to make the bundles smaller. To this end Ihave arranged an attachment consisting of a manual trip mechanism inconnection with that of the binder, in order that said binder may betripped at any time independent of the automatic mechanism.

The manual trip-mechanism comprises a square rod m, which extendsthrough a supporting-tube n of the binder, having secured at one end alever 0, a nose 1) of which pro jects under the locking-lever j, asshown in Fig. l of the drawings. The opposite end of the rod m hasmounted thereon a crank q, to which is connected a rod '1, that extendsrearward within reach of the driver, the said rod being guided in abracket 8, secured to the table, and carries a spiral-spring tinterposed between the bracket and a collar of the rod for returning themechanism to its normal position after being actuated to trip.

By the above described arrangement it will be readily seen that a drivermay trip the binder so that a bundle of any size can be for med.

\Vhile l have shown the binder-attachment and one method of connectingthe same, it is obvious that the manner of connecting to the severalmakes of binders will require slight mechanical variations in thedetail, which would not change the essential feature of my inventionhowever, and in some instances in place of the hand-trip, I maysubstitute a foot-power for tripping the binder-mechanism.

I claim:

1. In a grain-binder a rock-shaft having a trip-arm secured thereto, alooking-lever secured to the rock-shaft, and a clutch controlled by thelocking-lever, in combination with an attachment comprising a rod,supporting means for the rod, a lever secured to the rod, provided withan engaging-nose projecting under the grain-binder lockinglever, a cranksecured to the rod, and an actuatingrod in connection with the crank,whereby the same is manually operated to release said locking-lever.

2. In a gram-binder, a feed-mechanism provided with grain elevatoraprons and an inclined graimdelivering table, a grain-dislodgingmechanism comprising brackets secured to the lower side of the tableadjacent to the receiving-end thereof, a squared shaft revoluble in thebrackets, slots in the table, star-Wheels mounted on the shaft andprojecting through the slots in said table, spacing-thimbles on theaforesaid shaft between the wheels and brackets, a driving-sprocketmounted upon said squared-shaft, and a yoke secured to the binder-framearranged to engage the sprocket, whereby said sprocket is held againstlateral motion when the position of table and shaft carried thereby isshifted.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand atCalumet in the county of Fond du Lac, and State of Wisconsin in thepresence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL MOLITOR. Witnesses:

JOSEPH WINKEL, JOSEPH SCHILLER.

